2006 Atlanta Braves season

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2006  Atlanta Braves
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record79–83 (.488)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Time Warner
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Bobby Cox
Television TBS Superstation
Turner South
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray, Ron Gant)
FSN South
(Jeff Torborg, Bob Rathbun)
Radio WGST
WKLS
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Chip Caray)
WWWE
(Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2006 Atlanta Braves season was the Braves' 136th for the franchise and 41st in Atlanta. During the season, the Braves attempted to win the National League East.

Contents

Finishing with a 79–83 record, not only did the Braves miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990, but also their first losing season that same season. In failing to reach the postseason, Atlanta ended their streak of fourteen consecutive division titles. [1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Mets 97650.599—50–3147–34
Philadelphia Phillies 85770.5251241–4044–37
Atlanta Braves 79830.4881840–4139–42
Florida Marlins 78840.4811942–3936–45
Washington Nationals 71910.4382641–4030–51

Record vs. opponents

2006 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona —6–14–24–212–72–44–58–103–31–61–55–19–108–114–31–54–11
Atlanta 1–6—6–14–33–311–83–43–32–47–117–113–37–23–44–210–85–10
Chicago 2–41–6—10–92–42–47–84–28–83–32–56–90–72–411–82–44–11
Cincinnati 2–43–49–10—5–14–210–50–69–103–42–49–72–42–59–65–16-9
Colorado 7–123–34–21–5—3–34–24–152–41–53–43–310–910–82–78–011–4
Florida 4–28–114–22–43–3—3–41–57–08–116–135–23–33–31–511–79–9
Houston 5–44–38–75–102–44-3—3–310–52–42–413–33–31–59–74–47–11
Los Angeles 10–83–32–46–015–45–13–3—4–23–44–36–45–1313–60–74–25–10
Milwaukee 3–34–28–810–94–20–75–102–4—3–35–17–94–36–37–91–56–9
New York 6–111–73–34–35–111–84–24–33–3—11–85–45–23–34–212–66–9
Philadelphia 5-111–75–24–24–313–64–23–41–58–11—3–32–45–13–39–105–13
Pittsburgh 1–53–39–67–93–32–53–134–69–74–53–3—1–56–16–93–33–12
San Diego 10–92–77–04–29–103–33–313–53–42–54–25–1—7–124–25–17–8
San Francisco 11–84–34–25–28–103–35–16–133–63–31–51–612–7—1–41–58–7
St. Louis 3–42–48–116–97–25-17–97–09–72–43–39–62–44–1—4–35–10
Washington 5–18–104–21–50–87-114–42–45–16–1210–93–31–55–13–4—7–11

Transactions

Roster

2006 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Brian McCann 130442147.3332493
1B Adam LaRoche 149492140.2853290
2B Marcus Giles 141550144.2621160
SS Édgar Rentería 149598175.2931470
3B Chipper Jones 110411133.3242686
LF Ryan Langerhans 13131576.241728
CF Andruw Jones 156565148.26241129
RF Jeff Francoeur 162651169.26029103

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Matt Diaz 12429797.327732
Wilson Betemit 8819956.281929
Pete Orr 10215439.25318
Todd Pratt 6213528.207419
Scott Thorman 5512830.234514
Willy Aybar 3611536.31318
Brian Jordan 489121.231310
Tony Peña Jr. 404410.22713
Martin Prado 244211.26219
Brayan Peña 234111.26815
Daryle Ward 20268.30817

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
John Smoltz 35232.01693.49211
Tim Hudson 35218.113124.86141
Chuck James 25119.01143.7891
John Thomson 1880.1274.8246
Horacio Ramírez 1476.1554.4837
Kyle Davies 1463.1378.3851
Jason Shiell 415.2028.6214
Travis Smith 14.1014.151

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jorge Sosa 2687.13105.4658
Lance Cormier 2973.2454.8943

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Bob Wickman 2802181.0425
Macay McBride 714113.6546
Ken Ray 691154.5250
Chad Paronto 652303.1841
Óscar Villarreal 589103.6155
Tyler Yates 562513.9646
Mike Remlinger 362424.0319
Chris Reitsma 271288.6813
Kevin Barry 191105.6119
Peter Moylan 150004.8014
Danys Báez 110105.4010
Wayne Franklin 110007.043
Joey Devine 100009.9510
Phil Stockman 40002.254
Blaine Boyer 200040.500
Anthony Lerew 100022.501

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Brian Snitker
AA Mississippi Braves Southern League Jeff Blauser
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Rocket Wheeler
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Randy Ingle
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Paul Runge
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Luis Ortiz

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Danville [4]

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References

1st Half: Atlanta Braves Game Log on ESPN.com
2nd Half: Atlanta Braves Game Log on ESPN.com
  1. ↑ Ringolsby, Tracy. "Braves' run of division titles ends at 14 Baseball notebook". The Oklahoman. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Edgar Renteria Stats".
  3. ↑ Bob Wickman Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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